Heppner News

A suspect is in jail tonight, after police say he threatened to set another man on fire.

Eastern Oregon native and retired journalist Joann Green Byrd blends her personal and professional backgrounds well in this history of the devastating 1903 flood in Heppner, Ore.

By Katrina Lorengel The Daily Barometer On Oct. 26, 2009, Chris Anderson, an OSU alumnus and former editor for The Daily Barometer, was announced as the new publisher for The Oregonian.

Here is a look at OSAA state high school playoff scores as compiled from Statesman Journal reporters, correspondents and news services: Soccer Boys Class 6A Football Class 4A Final: Baker 23, Stayton 16 Class 3A Class 2A Final: Kennedy 7, Heppner 0 Class 1A Final: Imbler 46, Perrydale 8 Final: St.

Several schools in Morrow County have sent students home and closed today because of power outages related to a storm.

A lawyer started a program called "Estates for Plates." A chiropractor offered free exams in exchange for a donation of food.

Local author Connie Battaile will use historical photos and maps to revisit unusual Oregon events such as the Heppner flood of 1903 during a free "Out of the Ordinary Oregon" program in the Ruch Branch Library, 7919 Highway 238, from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday.

N. Christian Anderson III, former publisher and CEO of The Orange County Register, has been named publisher of The Oregonian.

A local helicopter pilot who survived one crash and helped rescue survivors of a missing family on Bear Camp Road has been killed in a crash while installing power lines.

Kay Rene Qualls, left, of Heppner, Ore., and DeeAnn Shafer, of Peone Prairie, stand in front of Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner, Ore., on May 6.They found out recently that they were switched shortly after being born 56 years ago.

Greg Smith to vote for the tax hike. There was also talk then that the GOP would seek an opponent to challenge Smith, a five-term incumbent, in the 201o Republican primary.

HEPPNER, Ore.-- A warning if you live near, or go camping at, Willow Creek Reservoir outside of Heppner, Oregon.

The state issued a health advisory for Willow Creek Reservoir near Heppner in northeast Oregon today after tests confirmed the presence of blue-green algae.

In an isolated stretch of sagebrush and rimrock 91 miles east of Bend, a 21-year-old cowboy with big dreams climbs into a narrow chute and sits on the back of a squirming bronco, as cowboys have done in this part of central Oregon for decades.

It started with a thunderstorm that drove the citizens of Heppner indoors. The previous month had been dry, and everyone was praying for rain, but when it came down in torrents and turned to hail the size of chestnuts, the best thing to do was go inside and wait it out.

A 30-year-old teacher at Heppner Junior/High School may have had sex with two teenage students, ages 15 and 17, according to the Morrow County Sheriff Kenneth Matlack.

Joann Green Byrd , a Spokane Daily Chronicle reporter and editor in the 1960s and 1970s, has just published a book about one of the Northwest's deadliest natural disasters.

A Heppner couple are in jail after a meth lab was discovered in their home, authorities said.

Doctors and nurses at Kadlec Regional Medical Center have been seeing double and even triple lately as new mothers gave birth to six sets of twins and a set of triplets in a week.

In my continuing quest to run at least one race in each of Oregon's 36 counties, Morrow County in north-central Oregon has been one of the most stubborn.